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Fresh from a P91million bailout to restore the fleet to full capacity, Air Botswana will start spending the taxpayers’ money paying penalty fines of over P1million to Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana - a fine that arose from management’s...

One of the country’s finest lady strategists, Botho Bayendi, has escalated to serve at continental level following her appointment to the African Union Commission (AUC) as Director of Strategic Planning and Delivery-Agenda 2063 with effect from 1st...

Standard Chartered Bank’s digitalisation transformation journey meant to take Botswana into the future of banking, a move that saw majority of branches shutting down, has caused fears among customers that the bank might be phasing out in the...

Delays in release and renewal of Tourism Concession leases by both the Ministries of Lands and Environment and Tourism is causing turmoil in the country’s lucrative multibillion Pula spinning tourism industry. In most cases the leases last for 15...

Botswana Land Policy 2019 does not provide for persons, either women heading households, individuals under difficult circumstances or People Living with Disabilities to automatically qualify for land allocation.Instead, an assessment has to be made...

Motsamai Motsamai, the maverick Member of Parliament for Gantsi South has given government an ultimatum to fulfil the promise of awarding a tender to address water supply challenges at Charleshill and Makunda by April or he will go on hunger...

It was the silence of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and the indifference of the Civil Society to Real Alternative Party (RAP)’s cry for recognition that ultimately led Gaontebale Mokgosi, its founder, to tone down from politics of...

Botswana Meat Commission has successfully been accredited to export beef to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as of March 2023.This means the BMC’s new strategic performance plan - MERITING 2022/25 - is paying dividends on its first year. Over and...

Local farmers are at liberty to set their own livestock selling prices, and currently prices fluctuate based on the willingness of consumers to meet the set prices.Minister of Agriculture, Fedelis Molao told parliament that his Ministry “does not...

The Ministry of Health through Central Medical Stores (CMS) spent over P24.7 million making 96.6 percent on purchases spent on 100 percent citizen-owned companies in procurement of non-drug items carried out between November 2022 to March 2023.Out of...

Parliament has passed an over P2 billion supplementary funding requested by the Minister of Finance as contained in Financial Paper No.2 amid controversy in a one-way debate after all Opposition Members present walked out.The MPs walked out to...

Nine out of a total of 47 theatres in all government hospitals around the country are non-functional.These theatres are at Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) where one out of five theatres is not functional and is being placed under...

Tymon Katlholo, the suspended Director General of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), can go to court if he feels aggrieved concerning his indefinite suspension, Assistant Minister for State Presidency, Dumizweni Mthimkhulu has...

The victory by the Balete over the ownership of the remaining extent farm Forest Hill 9-K0 has enabled the Morafe’s Trust (Baga-Malete) to be at least P200 million richer from the present estimated value of the farm.Five years ago when Balete...

Acquisition of farming land in Botswana and affordability of valuation fees for big farms or ranches is a serious challenge to ordinary Batswana or unemployed youth as they cannot afford to pay the fees.Thus far, the public awaits with bated breath...